I'm trying to copy a database from one server (SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition) to another (SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition) to make sure the second is suitable as a backend to some terrifying ...

I've been able to move databases with sp_detach and sp_attach. Obviously, connections to that database will be dropped, but it shouldn't affect any others.

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